Data Zone
Country/territory: Australia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii (2009)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 19,337 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2008 | high | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The IBA supports large numbers of critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrot on migration; significant numbers of near threatened Hooded Plover and Flame Robin and vulnerable Fairy Tern; more than 1% of the world's Short-tailed Shearwater, Black-faced Cormorant and Pacific Gull; and populations of ten species endemic to Tasmania, including seven subspecies endemic to King Island.
Acknowledgements
The nomination was prepared by Eric Woehler; data was also provided by Sarah Lovibond, Richard Donaghey and Nigel Burgess.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: King Island. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 20/05/2022.
